Improved water-wheel



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS TRIPP, OF AI\L "I`ERI).\M, NEW' YORK.

IMPROVED WATER-WHEEL.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,1S, dated April 29, 1862.

To @ZZ whom zit may concern;

Be it known that l, 'lIIoMAs TRIP?, ot Amsterda1n,in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode of Constructing Inter- NVheels; and I do hereby declare. that thc iollowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accoinlmnying drawings, and to the letters ot reference Inarked thereon.

The nature ot Inyinveution cousistsin first constructi ng a cone about a shaft, as represented in Figure i, included within the red lines, with the apex ot' the cone dowmvard. lhis cone is securely fastened to the shaft, which shaft is denominated a driving-shaft. To this cone are attached eight buckets, (more or less, according to the size oi the \vheel,) lwhich are securely fastened to the wheel or cone in a diagonal or circular direction, as represented on th e aecoinpanyi 1 1g drawi n The curved or main buckets have each a circular form or direction, the curvature or arcs ot which, it' continued, would describe a sphere ot the same diameter of the entire wheel. rlhe bottoms or lower inner edges of these Inain buckets attached to the cone are curvedin or concave on the inner sides and edges toward the center of the wheel, and on the other or outer bottom edges of these main buckets are other smaller buckets, called auxiliary buckets, as represented in Fig. 3 by the letter C, and in Fig. 2 by b Z) b b. The lower edges ot' these auxiliarybuckets are curved or concave, the arcs of which, it extended, would describe a circle of the saine diameter of the entire wheel. The points at which and the manner of attaching these auxiliary buckets to the main buckets are shown in Fig. f3, b Z) l) b b. These auxiliary buckets are constructed in a V-like shape, the inner edges of the bottoms ot' which conform to the curvature ol' themain buckets, to which they are xed,and the outer edges ot the bottoms to the auxiliarylnickets are convex, and the lower or unconnected edges of the bottoms ot' said auxiliarybuekets are concave, the arcs ot which, if carried out, would describe a circle of the diameter ot' the entire wheel. Around the bot-toms on the outside ot' each ot' these auxiliarybuckets I place a band entirely round the wheel, which band or rim is represented in Fig. 3 byletters 11b l). This band or rim t'ornls the outer side of the auxi liary buck et, con forming tothe cu rvature ot said auxiliary bucket. The curvz'tture ot' thev Inain buckets maybe readily perceived and uiulerstood by reference to Fig. ft, which is a horizontal bisection of thc wheel, representing the manner in which the main buckets are attached to the cone.

Letter A in Fig. i is intended to represent the apex ot' the cone and the arrows to rcpresent the course and direction of the main buckets and oi.' the wheel when in motion.

The manner in which the wheel is driven may be easily understood by the 'following brief description, viz: The water, striking against the outer or convex sides oi' the main buckets a u (l u, Fig. 3 ot the drawings,'(the wheel turns from right teleth) then falls down into the auxiliary buckets 11h I; b,thel iotto1ns ot' which are inclined or lead downward toward the bottom of the wheel, makingapoint of resistance against which the. water strikes, giving :u lditional Inotion to the wheel.

The wheel is intended as a percussion and not a reaction wheel.

The object of making theloweredges of the bottoms of the auxiliary buckets and the inner lower edges ot' the main buckets concave or in a curve is to give more room or space at the bottom ot' the wheel for the water to pass off, so as to not obstruct or. retard the motion of the wheel.

Every curve in or about the buckets to this invention is intended, if carried out, to form a circle otl the saine diameter as the entire wheel, which arrangement gives symmetry to the wheel. The bottom parts ot the main buckets a rm n, Fig. El, and C C, Fig. l, are so made that the bottoni points or apices thereof extend below a point on a straight line from i3 1o 2, as represented in Fig. l, these points or apices so extending as represented at l in Fig. lV and by l. in Fig. 2, and they extend t'ar enough below the points 2 2` to receive theinelined auxiliary buckets. This is an advan tageous point over other wheels.

To enable others skilled in the art to Inake and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction.

Having provided myself with the necessary patterns, least a cylindrical cone, B B, Fig. l, (included Within red lines,) the main or curved buckets (l, a a a, Fig. 3, and the auxiliary Ybuckets Z) I) l) l), Fig. 3, at one castil'lg in the saine mold. The top ot' the cone is curved to receive the top plate, d d, Fig. S. rlhis plate (l (l, Fig. 3, is cast separate and afterward 'fastcned to the top of the Wheel. The drivingshaft A, Fig. l, is then passed through the center of the wheel-cone and securely fasten ed therein. lhe entire wheel is made of iron,

but maybe made of any suitable metal orinacurved or concave-convex vmain bucket conforming to the'curvatures thereof.

Sonie ot' the rmany advantages gained by this invention over others are that the auxiliary buckets are long enough 'from point to point so as not to change the direction of the water in passing' through, making the invention a pure percussion Water-Wheel, and the cutting away and concaving the inner lower edges of the main buckets from the inner lower point of the auxiliary buckets to the point Where the main buckets are attached to the cone provides more room and gives more chance to the Water and foreign bodies to pass off without obstructing the Wheel than can be found or are furnished in any other inode of wheels.

Vhat I claim as niy invention, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe general construction of a Water-Wheel arranged so as to combine the following parts, viz: Iii-st, the conic forni or shape of the center of this wheel as applied to Water-Wheels; second, the extension of the lower middle point of the main buckets C C, Fig. 1, (at the point 1,) so as to receive the Vinclined auxiliary buckets, as represented in the specification; third, the curvature of the inner bottoni edges of the main buckets, as represented in Fig. l

bythe red dotted lines; fourth, the curved.

and V-like shape of the inclined auxiliary buckets to Water-Wheels, as represented by b b Z) b, 2; litth, the scallop or concave of the lower edges of the bottom of the inclined auxiliary buckets as applied to Water-Wheels1 the different curves of the parts of the Wheel being arcs of the saine circle as the circumference of the entire Wheel; sixth, inclined ,curved auxiliary buckets attached to curved or concavo-convex main buckets conforming to th curvature of said inain buckets.

f THOMAS TRIPP. Vitliesses:

C. P. WINEGAR, D. F. CORRY. 

